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High style on the high seas - Tillberg Design AB
The small, picturesque and affluent seaside village of Viken on the northwest coast of Skåne does not, at first glance, have any obvious connection to the sunshine’n’cocktails world of the cruise industry. The choppy steel-grey waters of the Öresund and the wintering yachts on stands with their blue tarpaulins cracking in an onshore gale…
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Prophets of Boom - Heatex AB
“We could see that this product would be in demand in the future, and so far we have been right.”
A former US vice-president wins an Oscar for a documentary on the subject; polar bears take over from pandas as the pin-ups of the environmental movement; and scientists present chilling warnings of sea level rises wiping out many…
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Swedish-American trade event breaks records
This year’s jamboree of Swedish-American trade was a record-breaker, with nearly 900 participants and 1,000 matchmaking meetings. Organisers of August’s Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce’s (SACC) Entrepreneurial Days, held in Växjö, Malmö, Karlskrona and Kalmar, say investments are already underway in both directions across the Atlantic…
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Malmö - A World Class Region
Malmö is building for the future with one of the biggest series of construction projects in the city’s history. The massive Citytunnel rail infrastructure project, a whole new urban area at Hyllie, the ongoing development of the Western Harbour area, and the construction of a world-class football stadium are all under way. A renewed sense of…
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The Speed Merchant - Koenigsegg Automotive AB
It’s the fastest production car in the world. It’s admired by and receives plaudits from motor journalists worldwide. It takes its name from an aristocratic family and is built in the southern Swedish town of Ängleholm. Welcome to the realization of one man’s dream. Welcome to Koenigsegg.
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The future is made in Lund
This summer, the scene at a site to the northeast of Lund, was one of rural agrarian tranquillity: gently waving crops and soaring red kites, with Malmö’s Turning Torso and the Öresund Bridge in the hazy distance. But should the city council, the Swedish government and the scientific community get their wish, this area will become the location…
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Emergence Design - 2007 Industrial Design Graduate Show
Emergence Design 2007, the showcase for the most recent graduates of Lund University’s five-year, industrial design Masters programme opened in Malmö in June.
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Changing the world in two easy steps -TerraNet AB
Anders Carlius’ stated ambition is to change the world. And not just once, but twice. With his company TerraNet, which is based at Lund’s Ideon Science Park, Carlius plans to change the world by putting mobile phones in the hands of people in the developing world who otherwise could not afford to join the digital revolution. With REAC Fuel,…